Paper short abstract:

The present work aims to contribute to the discussion on the anthropology of education through a self-reflective exercise in Faculty of Education of the University of Brasília, Brasil.

Paper long abstract:

The anthropology of education is still a field in formation in Brazil, it occupies a smaller place in the agenda of Brazilian anthropology, despite its recent advances, there are also hierarchies in this field (Oliveira 2021). The present work aims to contribute to the discussion on the anthropology of education through a self-reflexive exercise, starting from a particular case in this area over the last 25 years at the Faculty of Education of the University of Brasília, Brazil. Our objective is to reflect on the possible articulations of Anthropology with Education as a field that articulates different knowledge and research traditions, but also as a field that articulates the different collectives and their practices that make up the diversity of Brazilian society such as minorities represented by indigenous peoples, communities traditional and other poor and peripheral segments in large urban centers with an intersectional approach. In the last decade there has been a great demand from undergraduate courses for Anthropology references. The inclusion of this discipline in the programs of most courses has become required due to its theoretical potential, which necessarily involves understanding the Other, considering their values and their culture. It is in this scenario that Anthropology is inserted and everything indicates that, more and more, its practitioners, particularly teachers, will be asked for contributions to the understanding of what has become its legacy: the study of humans and respect for differences.